RAPID CIRCUIT TRAINING MACHINE WITH DUAL RESISTANCE

• US 20080020898A1
• Filed: 08/29/2007
• Published: 01/24/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 08/29/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Johnson Health Tech Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Johnson Health Tech Company Limited
• Inventors: Knox, Robin, Fenster, Mrako, Pettis, J., Kannel, Mark, Pyles, Nathan
• Application Number:
  US11/847,129
• Publication Number:
  US 20080020898A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 482/4
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2022/0079 with a pulling cable
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2071/0683 Input by handheld remote control
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/0622 with adjustable inclination angle of the guiding means
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/068 using user's body weight
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/153 wound-up and unwound during exercise, e.g. from a reel
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 21/157 Ratchet-wheel links; Overrunning clutches; One-way clutches
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 22/0023 the inclination of the main axis of the movement path being adjustable, e.g. the inclination of an endless band
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 22/0076 Rowing machines for conditioning the cardio-vascular system seats moving during exercise A63B22/0087; training appliances for rowing or sculling on boats A63B69/06
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 22/0089 a counterforce being provided to the support force-resisting aspects A63B21/00

Abstract

A training machine provides two independently operable resistance systems for providing resistance to the upper and lower body of a user and to enable training equivalent to circuit training in a small amount of time. A first resistance system provides training resistance to the upper body and comprises a first resistance member with handles coupled thereto. A second resistance system provides a second training resistance to the lower body, and comprises a seat support and a seat, the seat having a first position with a first potential energy and a second position having a second potential energy, the differential providing the second training resistance. Handles are each independently coupled to the first resistance member by a cable fed through a pulley to a cable reel assembly so as to enable the user to operate the handles separately from each other and in any direction.

Claims

1-24. -24. (canceled)

25. An exercise machine comprising:

a base frame for supporting the exercise machine on a floor surface;

a supporting frame for supporting a seat moving thereon, wherein the supporting frame and the base frame are pivotally joined;

a lifting device operatively connected between the supporting frame and the base frame for adjusting the angle of the supporting frame relative to the base frame;

a first resistance system for providing a first training resistance to an upper body of a user, the first resistance system comprising a first resistance member and one or more handles coupled to the first resistance member;

one or more foot platforms connected to the base frame; and

an open area being defined above the base frame and between the supporting frame and the foot platform, the open area providing step-through access to the seat.

26. The exercise machine of claim 25, wherein the lifting device being automated electro-mechanically so as to allow the angle of incline to be varied continuously while the exercise machine is being used.

27. An exercise machine comprising:

a base frame for supporting the exercise machine on a floor surface;

a supporting frame for supporting a seat moving thereon, wherein the supporting frame and the base frame are pivotally joined;

a lifting device operatively connected between the supporting frame and the base frame for adjusting the angle of the supporting frame relative to the base frame;

one or more foot platforms connected to the base frame; and

an open area being defined above the base frame and between the supporting frame and the foot platform, the open area providing step-through access to the seat.

28. The exercise machine of claim 27, wherein the lifting device being automated electro-mechanically so as to allow the angle of incline to be varied continuously while the exercise machine is being used.

29. An exercise machine comprising:

a base frame for supporting the exercise machine on a floor surface;

a supporting frame for supporting a seat moving thereon, wherein the supporting frame and the base frame are pivotally joined;

a lifting device operatively connected between the supporting frame and the base frame for adjusting the angle of the supporting frame relative to the base frame;

a first resistance system for providing a first training resistance to an upper body of a user, the first resistance system comprising a first resistance member;

a right and a left cable-reel assembly, respectively, each right and left cable-reel assembly being functionally engaged with the first resistance system, the right and left cable-reel assemblies operating independently of one another; and

a right handle and a left handle, the right and left handles each being separately coupled to the first resistance member via a right and a left cable, respectively, so as to enable independent operation of the right and left handles through a user defined path.